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Beat the Streak Report: Thursday, June 9

The 13.4 percent of Streakers who reachiro’d for Ichiro came away disappointed last night, as the seven-time Major League hit king failed to convert against Gavin Floyd and the White Sox bullpen.

Paul Konerko and Ryan Braun — Messrs. Congeniality in the Wednesday popularity pageant — each rang the bell, though, pushing a combined 15.6 percent of all selectors one day closer to a 57-game BTS championship. Some of you may be asking if that championship comes with a fancy ring and a White House tour. Answer: Not officially, but we bet you could acquire some Kardashian-esque hand candy and a couple Amtrak tickets to D.C. with the $5.6 million grand prize.

Speaking of grand prizes, how about leahydpt? Our current leader saw their faith in Lance Berkman rewarded with a 1-for-3 in Houston, pushing their streak to 31 games and earning a share of the season lead. A hit today would vault leah past jsmnapoli and into sole possession of first place on the season leaderboard. Not to jinx anyone, but it’s never too early to start consulting jewelers — or D.C. train schedules.

Leahydpt is planted firmly in the captain’s seat for now, but plenty of other contenders are lining up to steer the good ship BTS. DanOClock is your first mate at an impressive 28 games, while soplt fills the navigator role at 27 and a trio of deckhands learn the ways of the high seas at 26.

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@ 98 pitches, Hochevar may not appear in the 8th when your pick is due up. Is that a good thing or bad thing? Whether the starter or setup pitcher, you gotta hope 1st base isn’t open with men on base & with a 1 run lead, for now, cause he’ll be walked for sure.

That’s how my 17 game streak ended with Cano last night, with him being left on deck and A-Rod ever so close to beating it out. Speaking of restarting Brennan Boesch has just hit a leadoff double in the 4th.

Until Mark ( 00Liber ) puts up the Top2500, here are some stats to mull over
– Those at 19+ games trying to get to or stay at 20 games or higher today: 113
– Picked J.Bautista 17x
– Picked J.Reyes 16x
– Picked Mi.Cabrera & A.Pujols 11x
– No other hitter was picked more than 9x
– There were 3 safe picks (Holliday, Soriano & Hanley) and 1 No Pick by a 19-gamer

——————————————-Highest “No Selection”😛 pg# 5 with streak of 19 back to zero.
Yesterday’s Top2500 Reset rate was 26.92% with ICHIRO reseting the most.
There was also 7.52% PPD due to players not playing. These streakers do not reset, but did not increase either.
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The leader just went back to zero. That is unless the Mariners score 3 runs in the top of the 9th and no more. And then they must get to at least the 11th inning, maybe later. Good luck with that! Makes my fall from 9 to 0 feel just that much better.

A bit more excitement maybe…. 2nd place leader knows well he is now 1st place leader. Probably wondering why he picked a D.Brown instead of Polanco or Utley. Anyway, Phillies up by 1 going into the 9th and D.Brown batted in 8th (0-3). Pretty much done deal, right? Wrong. Cubbies tie it up with a homer from Soto with 1 out. Very next hitter – homer too. Now Cubbies up by 1 and 2nd place leader gotta be feeling sick about now, But wait…. under review & overturned to a double. Cubbies can’t drive in the leading run. Now in extras and D.Brown will very likely come to bat again. The BTS gods were vengeful tonight, but they are teasing our potential new leader like a cat does with a mouse. Will he be the leader tomorrow or be looking at starting a streak of one? We shall see.

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